"Investors include Softbank, REV Venture Partners, The London Fund, Crescent Enterprises,  and Mistletoe, among others, with participation from previous investors, including SSGA, Stanford University, and Cervin Ventures," said EdCast in a press release. This Mountain View-based educational provider also claimed that "it has surpassed two million paid users across hundreds of enterprise and public-sector customers, including HPE, Dell EMC, Schneider Electric, ANZ Bank, Jefferson Health, Mars, Anglo American, PVH, Genpact, ICICI Securities, India’s NASSCOM and the World Economic Forum." [In the picture above: Karl Mehta, CEO at EdCast] Â
“The Psychology of Criminal Justice is a thrilling and engaging look at the psychological elements of the crime and criminal justice set against the backdrop of a hypothetical murder. Its incredibly innovative use of realistic drama combined with novel assessments to reinforce the course content,” explained Anant Agarwal, CEO at edX. This “must take” self-paced, free course has been running on edX.org since 2014. The edX Prize nominated ten finalists in September. As former winner @ArnoSmets is handing out the edx Prize 2018 to @UQxCourses #edxglobalforum pic.twitter.com/XAI9ckyxWe — Willem van Valkenburg (@wfvanvalkenburg) November 16, 2018 HONG KONG WILL HOST THE 2019 GLOBAL FORUM Another announcement made during the conference was that the 2019 Global Forum will be held at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), in South China. Thanks to all of our partners who joined us in Boston for two wonderful days of discussions about transforming education and work. We'll see you next year in Hong Kong for #edXGlobalForum 2019 at @HongKongPolyU! — edX (@edXOnline) November 16, 2018
So far the Microsoft-owned platform plans to work with five partners: Harvard Business Publishing. getAbstract: 18,000+ book summaries as well as TED talks Big Think: 500 short-form, actionable video lessons. Treehouse. CreativeLive For Business: Expert-led classes on creativity, innovation, design thinking, emotional intelligence, entrepreneurship (and many more). "We’re creating a single place for your employees to discover and access all of your organization’s learning content," LinkedIn announced on Friday. "We will be adding additional integration partners in the future, and plan to make the integrations available on the platform next year." Similar destinations for enterprise learners who compete with LinkedIn Learning include Coursera, edX.org, Udacity and Pluralsight.
On its official blog, YouTube explained that it has already completed its "first round of investment in some of the most respected names in online education like TED-Ed or Hank and John Green’s Crash Course." "We’re also supporting many of our emerging EduTubers like Socratica and Linda Raynier." "In addition to investing in EduTubers through the Learning Fund, we’re also developing new YouTube Originals focused on learning like Mind Field: Season 3 from Vsauce creator Michael Stevens, and a new series with Vox Entertainment which was announced earlier this month." "We know it’s important to make quality learning content easier to find on YouTube, so we’re launching a new channel called Learning, where major partners like Goodwill and Year Up are contributing curated playlists highlighting videos that teach career skills. The channel will make it easy for users to find tutorials, DIY videos, explainers, and skill-based playlists." Additionally, YouTube plans to invest in these projects in 2019: Providing more resources to aspiring EduTubers like our Creator Academy course for educational channels, and our new Learning Best Practices. Hosting a NextUp creator camp specifically for emerging EduTubers. Working to connect EduTubers with brand partners through FameBit. Excited to partner with @YouTube on their innovative #YouTubeLearning initiative. https://t.co/FyTcCx95jX — anant agarwal (@agarwaledu) October 22, 2018
The Master of Science in Accounting degree is priced at $21,000 and includes 10 fully online courses in financial and managerial accounting, financial statement analysis, finance, tax planning and strategy, auditing and data analytics-based decision-making. The curriculum for the Master of Science in IT Management, also with a tuition of $21,000, is comprised of 10 online courses on how to analyze, design and develop information systems, how to lead IT management and strategy and how to use data and visualizations to support managerial decisions. Both of these programs offer learners the option to start with a MicroMasters program, which is a valuable standalone credential and can count toward their full master’s degree.
